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For the first time ever, Seattle Opera is presenting a mainstage production of a work by a Black composer. With a score that blends elements of jazz and swing into traditional opera, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X (Feb. 24 - March 9) traces the civil rights leader’s life from his childhood in Lansing, Mich., to his assassination in Harlem. The opera was the first composed by Anthony Davis, who has since created seven more including The Central Park Five, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2020. But when X was first performed in 1985, biographical operas much less operas about Black figures in recent history were not commonly seen on stages.  X went largely unperformed for decades, until a collaboration of several opera companies brought it back to life with a grand restaging that premiered at the Detroit Opera in 2022, appeared at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera in 2023 and now takes the Seattle Opera stage. In addition to exploring the cultural and historical significance

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